quoted 13 lines On 10/04/01 11:21, joe hoherts said in living color:> On 10/04/01 11:21, joe hoherts said in living color:
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>> actually, didnt mozart compose on the harpsicord?
>> i dont think the piano was invented yet.
>
> Actually, it did exist at this time... but it was a vastly different beast
> than the modern piano. One incarnation of these ancestors of the piano is
> called "pianoforte".
>
> Mozart's works for keyboard were composed for the piano, not the
> harpsichord. I think that the harpsichord was already beginning its slow
> decline into oblivion at this point, but don't quote me on that.
>
yeah.. hence the fact that his writing for keyboard instruments had a great
deal more dynamic variation compared to the writing for harpsichord.. as you
could only really play one dynamic on the harpsichord. That¹s why it was
called pianoforte.. piano = quiet forte = loud
God I'm boring.
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